The Ruling on Collective Fasting and Collective Supplication
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Question:
What is your opinion? He says: O Shaykh, what about collective fasting and collective supplication?
Answer:
This has no basis. Collective fasting and collective supplication have no basis; rather, it is a type of bid'ah (religious innovation). However, each person fasts for himself individually, and each person supplicates for himself individually. If it happens that they gather for the suhur (pre-dawn meal) or gather for iftar (breaking the fast) without any arrangement, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
What is your opinion? He says: O Shaykh, what about collective fasting and collective supplication?
Answer:
This has no basis. Collective fasting and collective supplication have no basis; rather, it is a type of bid'ah (religious innovation). However, each person fasts for himself individually, and each person supplicates for himself individually. If it happens that they gather for the suhur (pre-dawn meal) or gather for iftar (breaking the fast) without any arrangement, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4743] حكم الصوم الجماعي والدعاء الجماعي - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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